However, what a lot people don’t realize is that this issue has always
been something that the league thought and worried about going back to David Stern.

When stern presented Michael Jordan and the NBA to China, around the time the Dream Team was taking the world By storm, it was a new world for both sides. Young Chinese people got to see a sport that was very liberating and entertaining, something that had never been seen before, and the NBA got exposure to a population that was bigger than the US. As the relationship grew, Chinese players started to come into the Nba, and Yao Ming’s inclusion took the relationship and business to great heights.

However, Stern stated that China’s communistic ways and human right issues would be something that NBA would have to face at one point. The Morey tweet just sped it up. It was bound to happen.

Now the NBA can focus on other strong markets that are more in line with democracy or human rights, like Australia, New Zealand , countries in South America. I really think Australia and New Zealand are going to be the next big thing for the NBA with what the Ball boy is doing down there, and other high schoolers who don’t want to go to college going down there, as well as emerging stars like Steve Adams.

It will have a negative effect in the beginning, as monetary adjustments will have to be made, but in the end it will bring the league and players a peace of mind while still being able to make billions and growi the game.